American Metal Market
(Copyright (c) 2000, Cahners Publishing Company)
CHICAGO--American Metal Market--Nov. 11, 2000

E-Steel Corp. has expanded its available online product offerings with the addition of all sizes and grades of wire rod.

The company said that it had redesigned its user interface, the Member Manager, to be as much as 50 times faster than its previous version. The new interface features enhanced provisions for customization, allowing members to perform multiple tasks from a single page. It also allows members to select individually those companies with which they prefer to do business and screen out those with which they do not want to conduct business.

The addition of wire rod brings to eight the number of products being traded on the negotiation-based business-to-business site (www.esteel.com). Other products being traded include prime and non-prime hot- and cold-rolled flat-rolled, plate, coated and tinmill products, reinforcing bar and the semifinished steel slabs added several weeks ago.

Planned future product introductions include stainless, structural, wire, pipe, tube and bar steels. All of the product additions are planned to be available within the next six months.